Environment

SANTIAGO – The recent calving of a large iceberg from a southern Chilean glacier threatens local ship navigation and could result in flooding for coastal communities, experts said. An iceberg measuring some 350 by 380 […]

Isabel Cocker/The Santiago Times Staff SANTIAGO – President Michelle Bachelet has become the first South American head of state to win the prestigious United Nations “Champions of the Earth” prize. The award, given Tuesday by […]

HOBART, Australia – The world’s biggest marine reserve in Antarctica officially comes into effect on Friday, in what has been hailed as a “watershed” moment in conservation. The marine protected area in the Ross Sea […]

Emilio Godoy BONN – Despite growing global pressure to reduce the use of coal to generate electricity, several countries in Latin America and the Caribbean still have projects underway for expanding this polluting energy source. […]

BONN, Germany – Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions are making oceans more acidic and threatening all sea life, a new scientific report claims. The eight-year study, called the “Biological Impacts of Ocean Acidification” and part of […]

SANTIAGO – The environmental organization, Greenpeace, has boosted a campaign to create the largest marine protected area in the world, 1.8 million square kilometers, in Antarctica. In a press release issued yesterday, Greenpeace said that […]

SANTIAGO – Chile has joined the efforts to stop the plastic pollution crisis by banning single-use plastic bags. On Thursday, President Michelle Bachelet signed a bill introducing a ban on plastic bags in more than […]

SANTIAGO – The Admiralty Sound (Seno Almirantazgo) will become the first Multiple Use Marine Coastal Protected Area (AMP-MU) in the Chilean province of Tierra del Fuego. Bárbara Saavedra, director of the Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS), […]

SANTIAGO – Marine conservation organization Oceana has appreciated the recommendation made by the Scientific Committee of the South Pacific Regional Fisheries Management Organization (SPRFMO), which did not substantially increase the global quota for jack mackerel, […]